صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب الاستئذانThe Book of Asking Permission
بَابُ تَسْلِيمِ الرِّجَالِ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ، وَالنِّسَاءِ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ:Chapter. The greetings of the men to the women, and of the women to the men.
Hadith 6248
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ سَهْلٍ ، قَالَ : " كُنَّا نَفْرَحُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ ، قُلْتُ : وَلِمَ ، قَالَ : كَانَتْ لَنَا عَجُوزٌ تُرْسِلُ إِلَى بُضَاعَةَ ، قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ : نَخْلٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ ، فَتَأْخُذُ مِنْ أُصُولِ السِّلْقِ ، فَتَطْرَحُهُ فِي قِدْرٍ وَتُكَرْكِرُ حَبَّاتٍ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ ، فَإِذَا صَلَّيْنَا الْجُمُعَةَ انْصَرَفْنَا وَنُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهَا ، فَتُقَدِّمُهُ إِلَيْنَا ، فَنَفْرَحُ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ ، وَمَا كُنَّا نَقِيلُ وَلَا نَتَغَدَّى إِلَّا بَعْدَ الْجُمُعَةِ " .
Narrated Abu Hazim: Sahl said, "We used to feel happy on Fridays." I asked Sahl, "Why?" He said, "There was an old woman of our acquaintance who used to send somebody to Buda'a (Ibn Maslama said, "Buda'a was a garden of date-palms at Medina). She used to pull out the silq (a kind of vegetable) from its roots and put it in a cooking pot, adding some powdered barley over it (and cook it). After finishing the Jumua (Friday) prayer we used to (pass by her and) greet her, whereupon she would present us with that meal, so we used to feel happy because of that. We used to have neither a midday nap, nor meals, except after the Friday prayer." (See Hadith No. 60, Vol.2)
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
The requirement of spreading the greeting of peace (salam) is precisely that men should also greet women with salam, as we have mentioned with reference to Asma bint Yazid radi Allahu anha, and that women should greet men with salam, as Umm Hani radi Allahu anha greeted the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
(Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Adab, Hadith: 6158)
Even though the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was a non-mahram for Umm Hani radi Allahu anha, nevertheless, it is also very important to safeguard oneself from temptation and corruption (fitnah wa fasad). Therefore, if there is a fear of fitnah, women should refrain from greeting men with salam; otherwise, the requirement of spreading salam is that men greet women and women greet men.
And Allah knows best.
The requirement of spreading the greeting of peace (salam) is precisely that men should also greet women with salam, as we have mentioned with reference to Asma bint Yazid radi Allahu anha, and that women should greet men with salam, as Umm Hani radi Allahu anha greeted the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
(Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Adab, Hadith: 6158)
Even though the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was a non-mahram for Umm Hani radi Allahu anha, nevertheless, it is also very important to safeguard oneself from temptation and corruption (fitnah wa fasad). Therefore, if there is a fear of fitnah, women should refrain from greeting men with salam; otherwise, the requirement of spreading salam is that men greet women and women greet men.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 6248
